Parkend, Lewis

Human settlement in Scotland

Parkend

Location within the Outer Hebrides

LanguageScottish Gaelic
EnglishOS grid referenceNB449318Civil parish

Stornoway

Council area

Outer Hebrides

Lieutenancy area

Western Isles

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSTORNOWAYPostcode districtHS2Dialling code01851PoliceScotlandFire Scottish Ambulance Scottish UK Parliament

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Scottish Parliament

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List of places: UK; Scotland

58°12′07″N 6°20′28″W / 58.202°N 6.341°W / 58.202; -6.341

Parkend (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann nam Buailtean) is a hamlet in the Sandwick region of the Isle of Lewis, although like Melbost, it is not a part of the Eye Peninsula. Many people erroneously believe it to be a suburb of Stornoway, on the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.^[1] Parkend is within the parish of Stornoway.^[2] Parkend is situated on the A866,^[3] and the adjoining Holm Road allows access to the nearby Holm Village. The Parkend Industrial Estate^[4] is adjacent to the small housing estate.^[2]^[5]

References

^ "Overview of Parkend". Scottish Places. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Lewis, RAF Stornoway Airfield, Domestic Site". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE 20 MARCH 1992" (PDF). The Gazette. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "Area Information for Parkend Industrial Estate, Sandwick, Isle Of Lewis, Scotland, HS2 0AN". Streetcheck. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "Parkend - near Stornoway". Flickr. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parkend, Isle of Lewis.

Visitor's guide for the Island of Lewis
Website of the Western Isles Council with links to other resources
Disabled access to Lewis for residents and visitors
"Lewis-with-Harris" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 525–526.
A Guide to living in the Outer Hebrides, with most information pertaining to Lewis